BURNS FEDERAL BLDG, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(351176) BURNS WSO CITY
From Year=1939 To Year=1980
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
65	1226	947	875	627	394	196	36	65	227	539	873	1133	7140
60	1071	806	720	477	257	99	10	23	124	386	723	978	5676
57	978	721	627	389	187	58	4	12	78	300	633	885	4872
55	916	664	565	332	146	38	2	7	55	247	573	823	4368
50	761	523	413	203	67	9	0	1	20	135	424	668	3223

Heating Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the base temperature and the daily average temperature. (Base Temp. - Daily Ave. Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is below the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 65 and the low temperature was 31, the base 50 heating degree day units is 50 - ((65 + 31) / 2) = 2. This is done for each day of the month and summed.
Table updated on Oct 31, 2012
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered

Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu